Improvement in combined cradle and table



D. M. KILLIAN 8v LeR. HUMBERT.

Combined Cradle and Table.

Patented Aug. 6. i878.

WITNESSES WWW ATTORNEYS.

NTPEI'EIS, PHOTO-UTHDGMPHER. WASHINGTON. D O.

UNITED TATES PATENT QFFIGE.

DALLAS M. KILLIAN AND LE ROY HUMBERT, OF SIOUX CITY, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT IN COMBINED CRADLE AND TABLE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 206.798, dated August 6, 1878; application filed May 27, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, DALLAS M. KILLIAN and LE RoY HUMBERT, of Sioux'City, in the county of Woodbury and State of Iowa, have invented a new and Improved Combined Childs Cradle and Table; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

Our invention is an improvement in the class of convertible articles of household furniture. It is a table which, by detaching the top, inverting the frame, and applying rockers, may be converted into a childs cradle.

Figure 1 is a side View of the same as a table, and Figs. 2 and 3 are side and end views of it as a cradle.

The rigid or permanent rectangular frame of our improved article of furniture is composed of the sides B B, end pieces E E, crossbars e e, and spring-slats F.

When the article is used as a table the slats F form the bottom of a shallow chamber or cavity, Fig. 1, in which the rockers are placed when not required for use as part of the cradle. The detachable table-top A has cleats a to hold it in place while the article of furniture is used as a table.

The supports for the table are the hinged legs 0, between which is placed a detachable brace, D, Fig. 1; or sliding bolts may be employed to impart the desired rigidity to the joints of the legs, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 1.

Vhen the article is used as a cradle the slats F constitute the elastic support for the mattress. They are attached to cross-bars c e, which connect the sides B B, and are placed near and parallel to the end pieces 0 O. The ends of the slats project over the bars 0, and thus form the upper side of the sockets in which the upper edges of the rockers E are inserted when the table is to be converted into a cradle.

The rockers are locked to the frame A G F c by means of buttons f, Figs. 2 and 3, which are pivoted to the cross-bars 0, so that when properly adjusted as fasteners they will enter slots in the rockers E, and thus prevent detachment of the latter until turned back into a position parallel to the bars a.

We do not claim, broadly, an article of household furniture having a rigid box-like frame, hinged legs, and a slatted bottom but \Vhat we claim is- The combination of the detachable rockers E and fastening devices, with the table-frame composed of the sides B B, ends 0 G, slats F, and cross-bars c, the latter being so located as to leave a space between them and the ends (J, all as shown.

DALLAS M. KILLIAN. LE ROY HUMBERT.

Witnesses J. P. BLAND, CONSTANT R. MARKs. 

